M. R. Prajapati

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Mansukhbhai Raghavjibhai Prajapati is a famous rural innovator{{Cite web | title=Powered by Google Docs | url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://5award.nif.org.in/doc_file/mansukhbhai%2520prajapati%252030.10.09.doc&pli=1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106221015/https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://5award.nif.org.in/doc_file/mansukhbhai%20prajapati%2030.10.09.doc&pli=1 | access-date=2025-04-05 | archive-date=2012-11-06}} in India known for his earthen clay-based functional products like:

1. Mitticool{{Cite web|url=http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/10/slide-show-1-fridge-that-runs-without-electricity.htm|title = Mitticool: A refrigerator that runs without electricity}}{{Cite journal|url=http://blogs.hbr.org/radjou/2009/04/indias-rural-innovations.html|title = India's Rural Innovations: Can They Scale?|journal = Harvard Business Review|date = 8 April 2009|last1 = Radjou|first1 = Navi}}
2. Non Stick Clay Tawa{{Cite web | title=Non Stick Coated Earthen (Clay) Tawa {{!}} Jugaadu.com | url=http://jugaadu.com/jugaad/non-stick-coated-earthen-clay-tawa | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713123543/http://jugaadu.com/jugaad/non-stick-coated-earthen-clay-tawa | access-date=2025-04-05 | archive-date=2011-07-13}}{{cite web|title=Mitticool Refrigerator!|url=http://businesssaga.com/mitticool-refrigerator/|website=BUSINESSSAGA|access-date=2016-03-19|archive-date=2016-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330073444/http://businesssaga.com/mitticool-refrigerator/|url-status=dead}}
3. Low cost water filters

He is the holder of the Indian patents for these products, that boast high efficiency and an eco-friendly nature.{{Cite web|url=http://www.faqs.org/patents/inv/709829|title = REDUNDANT ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS LEVEL 5 (RAID 5) WITH a MIRRORING FUNCTIONALITY - Patent application}}

He was born in a poor Prajapati (Kumhar) family belonging to the village Nichimandal of Morbi, Rajkot Gujrat on 17 October 1965, where he had to struggle to study.

He had exposure to the clay tradition since his childhood, as this was his family’s traditional profession.

Mitticool was featured recently at a conference organized by the Centre for India & Global Business, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge,{{cite web |url=http://bznotes.wordpress.com/2006/10/14/an-affordable-refrigerator-using-clay-and-solar-energy/ |title=An Affordable refrigerator using clay and solar energy « BZ Notes! |website=bznotes.wordpress.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223090451/http://bznotes.wordpress.com/2006/10/14/an-affordable-refrigerator-using-clay-and-solar-energy/ |archive-date=2007-02-23}} UK in May 2009. Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte (BSH), Germany, one of the world’s largest home appliance companies have also written to GIAN and showed interest in the product.